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EUDREPANIS DUBIA. 



(DINAGAT YELLOW- BACKED SUN-BIRD.) 



JUthopyga dubia, Tweecldale, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 112. 



d iram. supra olivascenti-viridis, tectricibus alarum minimis dorso concoloribus : tectricibus reliquis remigi- 

 busque fuscescenti-nigris dorsi colore lavatis : uropygio lsete sulfureo : supracaudalibus olivascenti- 

 viridibus : rectricibus nigris bronzino-viridi marginatis et albido terminatis : corpore subtus sulfureo, 

 genis et gutture pallidius flavis : subalaribus albis : remigibus infra nigris intus albidis : rostro et 

 pedibus saturate brunneis : iride brunnea. 



2 ad. mari similis, sed pileo et regione parotic;! saturatioribus et brunnescentioribus : genis cinerascentibus : 

 rectiicibus bronzino-viridi late marginatis : mento gulaque albidis vix flavo tinctis : rostro nigro : 

 pedibus pallide brunneis : iride bete rubra. 



Hab. in insula Pbilippinensi " Dinagat" dicta. 



Immature Male. Upper parts olive-green; wings dusky black with all the feathers broadly edged with 

 olive-green; lower back sulphur-yellow; upper tail-coverts olive-green; tail black with the edges of 

 the feathers glossed with bronzy green and with broad pale ends to some of the outer feathers; under - 

 parts sulphur-yellow with the cheeks and the upper half of the throat slightly paler yellow ; under 

 surface of the wings blacky with the inner margins of the quills aud the coverts white ; bill and legs 

 dark brown; hides brown. Total length 3"3 inches, culmen 0'7, wing l - 85, tail 1, tarsus 055. 



Adult Female. Similar in plumage to the immature male, excepting that the upper half of the head as well 

 as the ear-coverts are darker and browner ; the cheeks ashy brown ; tail-feathers broadly edged with 

 bronzy green ; chin and throat white very faintly tinted with yellow ; bill black ; legs light brown ; 

 irides bright red. Total length 3'25 inches, culmen 075, wing T8, tail 1, tarsus - 55. 



Hab. Island of Dinagat, in the Philippines. 



The Marquis of Tweedclale, in a recent article upon the birds collected by Mr. Everett on 

 Dinagat Island, describes the present species under the title of JEthopyga dubia, founded upon 

 two specimens labelled respectively " immature male " and " female," from which I have also 

 taken my above descriptions, and have figured the " female." 



The sexes ascribed to these specimens by Mr. Everett appear to me to be open to doubt ; 

 and I am also sceptical as to the species being really new. It evidently belongs to the genus 

 Eudrepams ; and the general colouring, as well as the measurements, agree perfectly with what 

 we should expect to find in the female and immature male of Eudrepanis pulclierrima, of which 

 only the adult male was hitherto known ; but it is impossible, at the present time, to assert 

 positively that they do belong to that species or that they are really distinct; and this is one of 



